Bruce Kadden

Senior Lecturer in Judaism

Bruce Kadden

Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-J

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • Rabbinic Ordination, Hebrew Union College, 1981
  • M.A., Hebrew Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1979
  • B.A., Religious Studies with Honors in Humanities, Stanford University, 1976

Books

  • Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values and Activities co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (A.R.E. Publishing, Inc. 2003) : View Book
  • Teaching Jewish Life Cycle: Traditions and Activities co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (A.R.E. Publishing, Inc. 1997) : View Book
  • Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on Prayer co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (Behrman House Publishing 1990) : View Book

Biography

Bruce Kadden is a retired rabbi of Temple Beth El in Tacoma where he taught Judaism. He is the co-author, along with his wife Barbara, of Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values and Activities; Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on Prayer; and Teaching Jewish Life Cycle: Traditions and Activities. He has written articles for the website interfaithfamily.com, including, “Whose Wedding is it Anyway?” “Interfaith and Interfaithless Marriages”; “Why January 1 is Special: Even Jesus was Circumcised on the Eighth Day”; “What Jews and Christians Should Know About Each Other: An Important Primer on the Two Religions”; and “A Christian’s Guide to Passover.”